todd987

Guys - thanks for the good info! Last thing I want to do is leave a gun to a future generation that's unsafe. Funny thing is that my wife has offered to bury me with my guns.... I have only worked on Turks up to this point and to be honest this one was an impulse buy at the gun show. I can use the barrel on one of my other Turks - looks like I'll just need to get the shank cut back to fit. Any suggestions for a good caliber for this action? I just ran a 6.5x55 and 7x57 shell through the mag and they looked like they may feed well.

I picked up a 1891 Argentine at a local gun show for $55 - think it’s a deal since it came with a Redfield peep sight. It had already been sporterized so I thought it would make a good project. I purchased a .308 barrel from Sarco that’s made for this action. After reading some of the posts about the small ring actions I’m having second thoughts. I couldn’t find any discussions specifically about the 1891 so thought should ask before I go any farther. Thanks Todd